Flying-machine.



G. G. BEIDLER.

' FLYING MACHINE. APPLIUATION i'il-ED JUNE24,1909.

Patented. June 2, 1914. I

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BEIDLE FLYING MAQHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 24,1909.

Patantexi June 2, 1914.

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G. G. BEIDLER.

FLYING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNB24,1909.

G. BEIDLER.

FLYING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 24,1909.

Patented June 2 1914.

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I qxlhu u We G. O. BBIDLER.

FLYING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 24,1909.

1,099,146, Patentefi June 2,1914.

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G, G. BEIDLBR. FLYING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 24,1909

Patented June 2, 1914 6 SHBETS-SHEET 6.

G. EEIDLEB {3F ROCHESTER, NEW

specification of Letters Patent.

Fni'ent-etl Ernie 2, 191 1-3 To all who/ii iron-(1y concur/i" lie it known that l, Giannini C. Bismuth, a citizen of the United States of iilniei-icin Hill resident, of llochesier, in the couniy of lilonroe' nncl Stale of New York, have in- Vcnied certain new and useful ln'iprovcnicnls in Flying-llluchines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates lo flying nniclii and particularly to a machine of this lil'lll acter eInploying; aeroplanes.

An object of this invention is in produce a flying machine having its aeroplanes pro- \"lLlOd with movable shutters automatically controlled or operated preferably through mechanism thrown inlo action when on8 aeroplanes tilt, from the ripprobninnfilily horizontnl plane.

V /lnle l have given the nmnie shult r to the controllin device which is uiilin-n c for closing or partially closing openings i the aeroplanes, I Wish to he liililGlSllOOd that any means for increasing or (liniinishing the area of the aeroplanes or for closing or restricting the opening therein to control the passage of air thereihrough will come within the scope of the term shutter and so called vanes, valves and hinged or still-- ingr shutters may be rcgnrllecl us the equivalent oi the elements that 1 herein illuslrute for accomplishing the result.

Furthermore an object of this invention is to provide means whereby the said. shutters may be manually operated for the purpose of guarding or ungunrcling openings in the aeroplanes;

' In use, a flying machine employing eeroplanes may be thrown out of equilibrium by air currents acting on opposite ends thereon unequally; that is lo say the pressure may increase or diminish at one einl or the other and cause the machine to tilh as stated, and. it is desirable to have means for relieving the pressure at one end while ineintuining' all possible resistance at the opposite end for, by this means the end at which a resistance is partially removed may clcsccncl "to the level of thc enci at which rile resistance is nminluinecl and I have found that automatically controlling the shutters, aeroplanes will ride evenly and przuiaticiil horizonlzil. here a so found that h pu tizilly removing the resistance at one elul thereby lilting J machine nniy he nnule to tr 1 or to turn from a straight; course the aeroplanes slightly. the l a per pcciii'e Vi 3W 01' a fragment of a toggle therelore have for the further object; of the invcniion ihc provision of novel ineuns for manually operating the shutters in orclcr that an increased or diminished resistance in y be crcutctl when the machine is to be turnccl from :1 straight course or "for other purpose At such time as the shutters are being manually operated, ic desirable and it, is an ol'iject 0i this invention to provide means whereby the automatically actuated mechanism for imparting movement to the shutters run) be under the control of the operruclclcr or tail-piece for nia "till further of this invention is e the sniil gui ling means he ng A 'lill connections for cl'lecting adguslinenis thereof transversely and verticull,

Lion; Fig. 2, ii of the front of bl e machine; 3, illus trutcs iiv ilill'lti'tli vertical sectional View on ihe line 3 of Fig 2 with parts of the machine rcnicrcl; rig. i, illustrates u seciiouul view of part of the means for inoving the shui l Fig. 9, illustrates it top plan slew of inc machines; Fig. 6, illustrates a view in elevation the ironi; of the nnrhine in n illiLUl position; Fig. 7, illustrates a detail view of one of the weights utilized in: actuating lhe shutters {incl parts associated thereu'iih; 8, illustrates a perspective view of u irogn'ient of the ri'ulilcr and the connections thereto; ll illusi'rutcs a detail View of the ruihlenoprinting nicclninisui: Fig. 10,- illustrates ilctnil View or" t portion of the nmnuall'y opcruied i'ncuns for niovii'ig the shutters; 11, illustrates an cml elevation of the machine; and Fig. 1? illuSti'ni-cs a detail View of a poi'lion oi the steer ng mechanism; Fig. 13 illusti'nics on an enlarged Fig. i l is n perspec- Q i, T590914.

tive view of :1 living machine of the monoplame type .sshowino the application. of the invention to :1 living machine of that type. Fig. 13 illustrates shutters, having movement either above or below the sin-loco ol? the plane; Fig. 16 illustrates :1 shutter ex tending both above and below the plane when moved f om :1 position in line with the plane l i 17 illustrates: 2i detail "View of the shutter; Fig. 18, illustrates 1L vertical section thcrellnongln .l n these drawings 1 lie e shown a flying; nnichino of the oi-plane type that is to my two aeroplanes are employed, one oloovo the other and as one 0l1\l')fi(lili181it of the inventioin l have shown the aeroplanes fornnscl rectangular Frames 13, made oi comparetively light UllilCllitl and having a, series of ribs 14, l lil'll'ii'lllfOSS the sei l ironies: being provided with covers oi light materiel piei oizibl y textile fabric of some suitable choir-- actor, Fig. 3A. oi conicse showiog e, living; machine of the nionoploiie t pe.

The covering of each :ieiop I at each end of the home lies a series of openings 1'] thei'ein guarded by shutters 18. live shutters illustrated each compii'iso o :lnune l9 hinged in an opening of an aeroplane and having a cover :20, of cloth or the like, each of ti c said fumes having an arm. 21 21ml pintles 22, the letter of which are Pill tielly rotatable in the fmmo. The parts just described are ili'lplieeted in both acre planes; and the aeroplane; are connected by posts 23, at the front and rear and at the corners, am. said posts a" Well as the front v of the frame are tapered in order that they will offer lose resistance in their travel.

The "posts at the front and rear of the frames next to those at the corners are connectocl by light material to form. planes which extend at right engios to "the more planes proper znnl the planes some to control the oilin those ports of the clown planes having the openings. The shutters of the two aeroplanes iii-e i'i'pemtocl siinoltaneozisly from the some source. At each end ;i connecting bar 94 is employed lending parallel to one of the posts and Sillil bar has it rod 25, connected at each end thereof and each rod extends practically parallel to and from front to rear: of the aeroplanes and has operative connection with the arms 21 of the shifatters, and move ment, of the rods 25, longitudinally will. result in swinging the shutters on their pivots. A spring 26, is connected to the 0m: 24, and to one of the roar posts. The spring E26 might be termed a balance spring since ito function is to balance the weigllt of the shutters in order that a very light glflVi i" controlling means may" be employed for e footing the movement of the shutters The bar 24: is further provided with la toggle ill, one end oi which is pivoted to the bar at 2,8,

and the opposite owl i toggle 1 I; comm-toil by enrl of one t-Hillivll oil til end of the opposiiljc 15w .vuiil la I The joint thus .E'ormml limits the nmvemeot oi the nieinhei-e on Eh [)l llll :nni in one iiln l).

diiccli" in fact said joint i- 5513" to 1m umbrella 'go'nit owl the in ml. :Lovimn we ii'nvnislly and hence mov to the Mine of t tors will i movement i ongumo, the pen l permit 2131 to llBVli1 the esson: Holler tnl mronviom and permitting that fil ili o!" the nmcliinc to descend l l hen the incohine tilts to etlect the own- :ition tin otters :it one sitlev, the Sholim on the em A l L :w: lnelcl closed, (loo t the action of HM. o oin level, and how I min clorcil often re, incl l. line new i o. the all? has ol the :1(2 T"i)plnw lifl mono o 'iincl'icnll v QM-menial 1 penrlnlom lever will w to (low t 0 iii) least to a openin greater resistowr'e to the air the said openinm' 'Ilv memo of this devio the ell'ectivc area of the nmvmlru'ms ma l increased or diminished at either end. Hi mechanism just described will no stated .1 r1 tomotieally ope oteto maintain equilibrim of the aeroplanes and the. machine hm have found it clesi 'able to also provide men n for innnz elly eontrrvlling the HlIHllTfiTF-L WVhen the nniehino is to he turned to til right or left from o ttx'night line one old that the sirle toward whih the mnc'him to be turned, must he allowed to (loser-m slightly in vii-Cleo that the aoroplmno roo -wt tilted laterally. I, therefore, ovoviile man is i we uelly operated means for swinging the pier dulum levers or one of them at a time and I also proi ide 'means for holding; one or the other of the pendulum levers parallel with its corresponding .post

For the purpose of swingi luni lever, 1 provide a steering w ie-el 33, on a shaft 34, and journal said shaft in on appropriate way. I further rnro'vide said shaft with. a, drum 35, around which the flexible member 36, is wound the ends of lhc said flexible member beingattached to he rudder or tell, to be presently described. lhe flexible n'ieinbcr 86, has ringers or shoulders 38 or their equivalents designed to c mniuniczite movement. to onc or the other of the pendulum levers in order that motion of the pendulum lever may be directed to the shutters on the side of the machine to he lowered through the mechanism heretofore llif" scribed. For the purpose of retaining the pendulum lever which is not opculted by the flexible connectioneguinst inovelnenl; when the machine is tilted, I pivot latches 33 to the posts in juxtaposition to the pendulum lever and by connecting the ropes lO other flexible devices to them I may swing the noses of the latches to engage the pendulum lever as the machine is tilted. The latches 39 are under the control of the springs 39 by which the said latches are di engaged from the pendulum levers when the zones are released. As showing one embodimentof the invention for ope sting the latches, the ropes all), are run over pulleys 4:0 in the hollow hangers l1, and the ropes iO llllYC stir-runs 42, to he engaged by the feel; of an operator. The exact, manner of operating the latches or manipulating the pendulum levers is an immaterial detail of construc tion and may be variously modiiled to suit particular requirements.

The machine is yropclled by motor of any approprihte type such shown at 11- coupled by u sprocket chain li, to u sprocket wheel on shaft 45, end the shell 45, is geared to the propeller shsi in a manncr to cause the propeller blades of one propeller to travel toward the propeller blades of the companion propeller.

Arms d? and 48 extend reurwzirdlyfrom the upper and lower planes respectively and converge. Arms 49 and 50 extend from, the upper and lower aeroplanes respectively and also converge. The pairs of arms are provided with a pivotal pin 51 which pin 5L common to :ill of them and t 10 said pirolu pin 51, extends through :1 hr; ict which L, bracket is pivoted to swin g'wi l1 relation in the arms. A rod 5:3, is connected to bracket above or below pivot :i. l .rod has :1 lever llfL'PlOddOtl with 55, acting; in conjunction with u quzu" Through the medium of the lever, the is moved or swung with relation to the rods.

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ends of lhe lnnclrcl have trunuious )8 which enter apertures in cars 51) and "especl'ix'clyi The curs are uiizulicd in any iuenne lo the iriuue (ll oi? the lJOX-lllll or rudder 3 (lu-rciuulter to he termed 2i i'inldM') and hence said rudder is permitted in swing lioi'izonl'nll on the lruuniuns under the inllucncc of the flexible connections or \"articullr. through the u'iovmnent nllmrl l the bracket under ihc control of the lever 5%. The riulder u box-like structure coniprising zi 'li'un'ie closed on four sides but having its front ltllll reur ends open to permit :iii' to pass llul'illlllillgfll.

i. seat is provided for the oporulor and the motor can he placed on the zier tiplnncs in an zur 'u'l'ipi'iuto position preferably in such relation lo the passenger scat us to pincticnlly liuluncc the uuichiue when in travel. it will he OllS red from the drawing that e "rs. shutters and operating iculzcd on each side of for me purposes heretofore set lllltl lower aeroplane is provided with or run 33, connected to the frame ucrc ilunes by braces (i l, and these l d as supports for the 1o slighting.

is the operation of the several elements entering into the construction of the ma- '1 l been described, rsuin ol' the loved of the c. tire machine is' el 'fily. i i l, I have shown a flying machine nm .e plane provided with shutters, the utters being operated by penduluin l8. 7 through the medium of links 63, which llllix" pivoted rsspcctiwl y to the irznne of the zicroplunc and to truction of the shutters for, they may he the type illustrated in F 16 where said shutters have their pivots. inter icdiuic their widths and are connected to the operatic mechanism by A "1TH nus. the monoplene,

\ portal by posts recipme suicl urlu. E'Ui cd to euplain.

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